Matthias Lupri

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Matthias Albrecht Lupri (born 29 October 1964) is a jazz musician who plays the vibraphone.

History

Lupri grew up in Manhattan, Kansas and Alberta, Canada. He studied drums and began playing professionally as a teenager in blues, rock and country music bands, including with Juno country winner George Fox and hard rock bands Full Circle and L.A. ROXX. In his early 20's, while studying music at Mount Royal College (Calgary, AB), he became fascinated with jazz vibraphone music from listening to a recording of the legendary Gary Burton. Working on changing his whole approach to music, for the next five years while on the road with rock bands playing drums, Lupri would practice his vibes during the day in his hotel room. Having found a new musical expression with the vibes, he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston to study with Gary Burton. Since graduating Lupri's CDs have charted in radio's Top 40 GAVIN, CMJ and Chart Magazine Canada, and was heard on the TV show “ALIAS”. Lupri was also named as a rising artist on vibraphone in Down Beat critics poll for the 2nd time in 2005.

Performances/Recordings with Greg Osby, Chris Potter,Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Donny McCaslin, Myron Walden, Greg Hutchinson, Antonio Sanchez, Reuben Rogers, Ian Froman, George Garzone, Jeff Ballard, Rick Margitza, Cuong Vu, Sebastiaan de Krom, Boris Wiedenfeld ...and at international jazz festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea, Atlanta, Litchfield, Ottawa, Minneapolis, Vancouver, Providence, Toronto, Boston, Clearwater, Seattle, Jacksonville...

Recent Work

Matthias Lupri Group w/Myron Walden & Donny McCaslin, Metalix - Summit SMT 445

Modern jazz vibraphonist Matthias Lupri returns with his 5th project "Metalix" (a wondering and wandering suite) and a forward thinking group playing all Lupri original compositions. With alto and tenor saxophonists Myron Walden (Brian Blade, Freddie Huddard) and Grammy nominated soloist Donny McCaslin (Maria Schneider, Dave Douglas), Metalix was recorded after their 2nd international jazz festival tour cross Canada (including the Montreal Jazz Festival) Europe's North Sea Jazz festival, and USA concerts. Modern original jazz with various extended vibraphone techniques (bowing, note bending, electronics) and forward thinking players of today's New York jazz scene continuing on from the previous Transition Sonic; Nate Radley guitar, Thomson Kneeland acoustic bass and Jordan Perlson drums.

Recordings as Leader

• Metalix - Summit Records SMT 445 w/Myron Walden and Donny McCaslin , (2006)

• Transition Sonic - Summit Records DCD 337 with Cuong Vu(Pat Metheny), Mark Turner (Kurt Rosenwinkel), (2004)

• Same Time Twice - Summit Records DCD 337 with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Reuben Rogers and Greg Hutchinson, (2002)

• Shadow of the Vibe - Chartmaker CMG 5060 with George Garzone, John Lockwood and Sebastiaan de Krom, (1999)

• Window Up Window Down - Chartmaker PDP1060 with Timo Verbole, Florian Feuser and Sebastiaan de Krom, (1998)

Montreal Jazz Festival, July 4, 2005
"Behind Vibe Bars" Vibraphonist Matthias Lupri

External links

• Matthias Lupri Official Home Page
• Matthias Lupri at All About Jazz
• Matthias Lupri at Allmusic